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type: "Bill"
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title: "Intercollegiate athletics; student-athletes, compensation and representation for name, image, etc."
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description: "Intercollegiate athletics; student-athletes; compensation and representation for name, image, or likeness. Establishes several parameters for the compensation and representation of a student-athlete related to the use of such student's name, image, or likeness. The bill prohibits any private institution of higher education, associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education, or baccalaureate public institution of higher education or any agent thereof; athletic association; athletic conference; or other organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics from (i) providing a prospective student-athlete or a student-athlete with compensation for the use of his name, image, or likeness; (ii) prohibiting or preventing a student-athlete from earning such compensation, except in certain circumstances enumerated in the bill; (iii) prohibiting or preventing a student-athlete from obtaining professional representation by a licensed athlete agent or legal representation by a licensed attorney in connection with issues related to name, image, or likeness; (iv) declaring a student-athlete ineligible for intercollegiate athletic competition because he earns such compensation or obtains such representation; or (v) reducing, canceling, revoking, or not renewing an athletic scholarship because a student-athlete earns such compensation or obtains such representation. The bill establishes several other conditions and limitations relating to pre-agreement disclosures, the use of the institution's property, and the effect on employment status in connection with a student-athlete's use of his name, image, or likeness. The bill also amends the definition of \"athlete agent\" in relevant law to permit such agents to represent a student-athlete in connection with issues related to name, image, or likeness, including negotiating, securing, obtaining, arranging, and managing name, image, or likeness opportunities."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 223"
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citation: "Virginia SB 223 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy S. McPike"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2022-01-10"
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last_action: "2022-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3557ce53-c74e-4f4e-be5a-1689deba91d9"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB223"
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source_hash: "ebf304d40489a25f3743126eb43b9a3bee82f9eaad80d4f313e0200347f0331c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 223 (2022) — Intercollegiate athletics; student-athletes, compensation and representation for name, image, etc.
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Intercollegiate athletics; student-athletes; compensation and representation for name, image, or likeness. Establishes several parameters for the compensation and representation of a student-athlete related to the use of such student's name, image, or likeness. The bill prohibits any private institution of higher education, associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education, or baccalaureate public institution of higher education or any agent thereof; athletic association; athletic conference; or other organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics from (i) providing a prospective student-athlete or a student-athlete with compensation for the use of his name, image, or likeness; (ii) prohibiting or preventing a student-athlete from earning such compensation, except in certain circumstances enumerated in the bill; (iii) prohibiting or preventing a student-athlete from obtaining professional representation by a licensed athlete agent or legal representation by a licensed attorney in connection with issues related to name, image, or likeness; (iv) declaring a student-athlete ineligible for intercollegiate athletic competition because he earns such compensation or obtains such representation; or (v) reducing, canceling, revoking, or not renewing an athletic scholarship because a student-athlete earns such compensation or obtains such representation. The bill establishes several other conditions and limitations relating to pre-agreement disclosures, the use of the institution's property, and the effect on employment status in connection with a student-athlete's use of his name, image, or likeness. The bill also amends the definition of "athlete agent" in relevant law to permit such agents to represent a student-athlete in connection with issues related to name, image, or likeness, including negotiating, securing, obtaining, arranging, and managing name, image, or likeness opportunities.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0638** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0638)
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2. **Floor substitute printed 22107199D-H1 (Austin)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB223H1)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103714D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB223)
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4. **SB223ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB223ER)
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## Votes
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (96-Y 4-N) — **95–4** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103714D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB223)
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- **2022-01-21** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-27** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-01** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-01** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-01** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
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- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-24** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-01** Floor substitute printed 22107199D-H1 (Austin)
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- **2022-03-01** Passed by for the day
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- **2022-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-02** Substitute by Delegate Austin agreed to 22107199D-H1
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- **2022-03-02** Engrossed by House - floor substitute SB223H1
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- **2022-03-02** Passed House with substitute (96-Y 4-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-02** VOTE: Passage (96-Y 4-N)
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- **2022-03-04** House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-04** Title replaced 22107199D-H1
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- **2022-03-09** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-09** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB223ER)
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- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
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- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 638 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3557ce53-c74e-4f4e-be5a-1689deba91d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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